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Wednesday, November 27th, 2024
the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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Proverbs 19:22

That which is desirable in a man is his loyalty and unfailing love, But it is better to be a poor man than a [wealthy] liar.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Falsehood;   False Teachers;   Kindness;   Poor;   Speaking;   The Topic Concordance - Desire;   Lying/lies;   Poverty;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Lying;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Poor and Poverty, Theology of;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pardon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Lie, Lying;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Kindness;   Make;   Poor;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
Loyalty makes a person attractive. It is better to be poor than dishonest.
Update Bible Version
That which makes man to be desired is his kindness; And a poor man is better than a liar.
New Century Version
People want others to be loyal, so it is better to be poor than to be a liar.
New English Translation
What is desirable for a person is to show loyal love, and a poor person is better than a liar.
Webster's Bible Translation
The desire of a man [is] his kindness: and a poor man [is] better than a liar.
World English Bible
That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar.
English Standard Version
What is desired in a man is steadfast love, and a poor man is better than a liar.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
A nedi man is merciful; and betere is a pore iust man, than a man liere.
English Revised Version
The desire of a man is the measure of his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
Berean Standard Bible
The desire of a man is loving devotion; better to be poor than a liar.
Contemporary English Version
What matters most is loyalty. It's better to be poor than to be a liar.
American Standard Version
That which maketh a man to be desired is his kindness; And a poor man is better than a liar.
Bible in Basic English
The ornament of a man is his mercy, and a poor man is better than one who is false.
Complete Jewish Bible
A man's lust is his shame, and a poor man is better than a liar.
Darby Translation
The charm of a man is his kindness; and a poor [man] is better than a liar.
Easy-to-Read Version
People want a friend they can trust. It is better to be poor than to be a liar.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The lust of a man is his shame; and a poor man is better than a liar.
King James Version (1611)
The desire of a man is his kindnesse: and a poore man is better then a lyar.
New Life Bible
What is desired in a man is his kindness, and it is better to be a poor man than a liar.
New Revised Standard
What is desirable in a person is loyalty, and it is better to be poor than a liar.
Geneva Bible (1587)
That that is to be desired of a man, is his goodnes, and a poore man is better then a lyer.
George Lamsa Translation
The longing of a man is to do good; and a poor man is better than a rich man who lies.
Good News Translation
It is a disgrace to be greedy; poor people are better off than liars.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The charm of a man, is his lovingkindness, - and better a poor man, than one who deceiveth.
Douay-Rheims Bible
A needy man is merciful: and better is the poor than the lying man.
Revised Standard Version
What is desired in a man is loyalty, and a poor man is better than a liar.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
It is a mans worship to do good: and a poore man is better then a lyer.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Mercy is a fruit to a man: and a poor man is better than a rich liar.
Christian Standard Bible®
What is desirable in a person is his fidelity;better to be a poor person than a liar.
Hebrew Names Version
That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar.
King James Version
The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
Lexham English Bible
The craving of a man is his steadfast loyalty, and it is better to be poor than a liar.
Literal Translation
The desirableness of a man is his kindness, and a poor man is better than a liar.
Young's Literal Translation
The desirableness of a man [is] his kindness, And better [is] the poor than a liar.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
It is a mans worshipe to do good, & better it is to be a poore ma, then a dyssembler.
THE MESSAGE
It's only human to want to make a buck, but it's better to be poor than a liar.
New American Standard Bible
What is desirable in a person is his kindness, And it is better to be a poor person than a liar.
New King James Version
What is desired in a man is kindness, And a poor man is better than a liar.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
What is desirable in a man is his kindness, And it is better to be a poor man than a liar.
Legacy Standard Bible
What is desirable in a man is his lovingkindness,And better is a poor man than a man of falsehood.

Contextual Overview

22That which is desirable in a man is his loyalty and unfailing love, But it is better to be a poor man than a [wealthy] liar.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

desire: 1 Chronicles 29:2, 1 Chronicles 29:3, 1 Chronicles 29:17, 2 Chronicles 6:8, Mark 12:41-44, Mark 14:6-8, 2 Corinthians 8:2, 2 Corinthians 8:3, 2 Corinthians 8:12

and: Proverbs 19:1, Job 6:15, Job 17:5, Psalms 62:9, Titus 1:2

Reciprocal: Proverbs 14:22 - devise Proverbs 23:7 - as Proverbs 28:6 - General Romans 12:16 - condescend to men of low estate 1 Corinthians 13:4 - is kind Ephesians 4:32 - kind

Cross-References

Genesis 13:10
So Lot looked and saw that the valley of the Jordan was well watered everywhere—this was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah; [it was all] like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as you go to Zoar [at the south end of the Dead Sea].
Genesis 14:2
they [invaded the Jordan Valley near the Dead Sea, and] made war with Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).
Genesis 19:1
It was evening when the two angels came to Sodom. Lot was sitting at Sodom's [city] gate. Seeing them, Lot got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.
Genesis 19:10
But the men (angels) reached out with their hands and pulled Lot into the house with them, and shut the door [after him].
Genesis 19:25
and He overthrew (demolished, ended) those cities, and the entire valley, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and whatever grew on the ground.
Genesis 19:28
and he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the valley [of the Dead Sea]; and he saw, and behold, the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a kiln (pottery furnace).
Exodus 32:10
"Now therefore, let Me alone and do not interfere, so that My anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them; and I will make of you (your descendants) a great nation."
Deuteronomy 9:14
'Let Me alone, so that I may destroy them and wipe out their name from under heaven; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.'
Isaiah 15:5
My heart cries out for Moab; His fugitives are [fleeing] as far as Zoar and Eglath-shelishiyah. For they go up the ascent of Luhith weeping; For on the road to Horonaim they raise a cry of distress over their destruction.
Isaiah 65:8
This is what the LORD says, "As the new wine is found in the cluster, And one says, 'Do not destroy it, for there is a blessing and benefit in it,' So I will do for the sake of My servants In order not to destroy all of them.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The desire of a man [is] his kindness,.... Either the grace and kindness of God, which is, desirable by every sensible man, as being most excellent, and better than life and anything in it; or it is his desire to show kindness. A good man is desirous of riches, that he might have it in the power of his hands to do good to others; and a beneficent man, who has it in his power, is desirous of an opportunity of showing kindness to his fellow creatures and friends; and such a disposition and conduct render a man very desirable and amiable; it is the beauty of a man, as Ben Melech; yea, a man that is not able to do a kindness to another, yet has a desire to do it, his good will is his kindness, and the will is taken for the deed. Gersom takes the word in the sense of "reproach", as it is sometimes used; and understands it of the sinful desires of the heart, the imaginations of the thoughts of the heart, which are evil continually, and so matter of reproach;

and a poor man [is] better than a liar; who is a rich man, as the Septuagint and Syriac versions add; who denies that he has ability to relieve the poor, when he has; or promises to do it, and does it not; such men of high degree are a lie indeed! and the poor man, whom he should relieve, is a better man than he; or that would relieve another, but it is not in his power to do it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The “liar” is probably the man, who makes false excuses for not giving, and so is inferior to the poor man, whose “desire,” the wish to do good, is taken, in the absence of means to carry it into effect, for the act of kindness itself.


 
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